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The Inquiry: How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

How Powerful Is Facebook's Algorithm?

20/04/2017 GMT

How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

BBC World Service - The Inquiry, How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

What does Facebook’s computer code do with the data we give it?

What does Facebook’s computer code do with the data we give it – and what could it do in the future?

There is a place on the internet where almost two billion of us regularly go – many of us, every day. Facebook: the social network which Mark Zuckerberg started in his university dorm room and which has grown, in a little over a decade, into one of the most valuable companies in the world. But what does Facebook’s lines of computer code do with the data we give it – and what could it do in the future? Just how powerful is Facebook's algorithm? The answer will surprise you.

Producers: Estelle Doyle and Sarah Shebbeare 
Editor: Richard Knight

(Photo: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a keynote address during the Facebook f8 conference in San Francisco, California. Credit: Getty Images)

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